Delias ennia, the yellow-banded Jezebel, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and several surrounding islands.

Delias ennia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Delias
Species:
D. ennia
Binomial name
Delias ennia
(Wallace, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Thyca ennia Wallace, 1867
  • Delias dorothea Mitis, 1893
  • Delias theodora Tindale, 1927
  • Pieris jobiana Oberthür, 1894
  • Delias xelianthe Grose-Smith, 1900
  • Delias nigidius Miskin, 1884
  • Delias tindalii Joicey & Talbot, 1926

The wingspan is 50 mm.

The larvae feed on Notothixos leiophyllus. The larvae spread silk around the leaves where they are feeding.

Subspecies

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  • Delias ennia ennia
  • Delias ennia mysolensis Rothschild, 1915 (Waigeu, north-eastern West Irian, northern West Irian)
  • Delias ennia multicolor Joicey & Noakes, 1915 (Misool Island)
  • Delias ennia iere Grose-Smith, 1900 (Noemfoor Island)
  • Delias ennia jobiana (Oberthür, 1894) (Jobi Island)
  • Delias ennia oetakwensis Rothschild, 1915 (West Irian (Snow Mountains))
  • Delias ennia xelianthe Grose-Smith, 1900 (Papua (Milne Bay))
  • Delias ennia saturata Rothschild, 1915 (Goodenough Island)
  • Delias ennia limbata Rothschild, 1915 (Tagula Island, Louisiades)
  • Delias ennia nigidius Miskin, 1884 - Nigidius Jezabel (Cairns to Queensland)
  • Delias ennia tindalii Joicey & Talbot, 1926 (Queensland)
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